Monthly Give-Aways

For this academic year (2009/​2010) I will be giving away one prize per month. I’ll gather the names of people who email in entries and draw one from a hat at the end of each month.

If you would like to be in the drawing, send me your name and address via my website “email Laura Whitcomb” feature by the end of the last day of the month. (If you are under the age of 14, please ask your parents for permission to receive this prize.) The only rule: once you win a prize, you can’t win another until the next year. For more information about entering, select the current month (link) in the left column of this page.

I hope everyone interested will send in an entry! Good luck to all.


The June Give-Away is a signed copy of the new paperback edition of THE FETCH. It doesn’t come out until the fall, so the winner will have to be patient as I won’t be able to mail it out until I get my copies later this summer.


Also, I have an extra copy of SLANT in German. Do you read/​speak German? Email me and I’ll have a drawing for that, too, at the end of the month.


This is the last month I will do Give-Away drawings for a while, but I will most definitely have a drawing for an ARC (advanced reader copy) of UNDER THE LIGHT when the time comes. And there will be a few teaser previews of the new novel in blog entries in coming months. Stay tuned!

Selected Works

Fiction: Young Adult
The Fetch
A supernatural love story set in both the chaos of the Russian Revolution and the Aisle of Unearthing.
A Certain Slant of Light
After benignly haunting a series of people for over a century, Helen meets a teenage boy who can see her and together they unlock the mysteries of their paths.
How-to
Novel Shortcuts: Ten Techniques that Ensure a Great First Draft
A unique guide to the mastery of “Speed Depth” in fiction writing.
Your First Novel: An Author Agent Team Share the Keys to Achieving Your Dream
How to write and sell your first novel, co-written with literary agent Ann Rittenberg.

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